Sharp China: What Should We Expect at APEC?; Foreign Firms Pull $160 Billion Across Six Quarters; Lee Zhang Detained; Australia Relations "on the Right Path"

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On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with Xi Jinping’s trip to San Francisco and a likely meeting with President Biden next week. Topics include: A planned dinner with business leaders, why the PRC hasn’t yet confirmed the trip, modest goals for both sides, more ambitious concessions China and the US may seek. From there: Janet Yellen’s column in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal offers one calculation for foreign capital flight, and why changes at the as yet unscheduled Third Plenum may not allay investor anxiety. At the end: The detention of Zhang Hongli, a.k.a. Lee Zhang, in what appears to be another corruption investigation, warming relations between the PRC and Australia, and the pandas in Washington D.C. prepare for a long flight. 

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Related readings:

PRC-Australia back on the "right path"; He Lifeng to DC; Investor detentions and foreign funds outflows; Vanke; Hydropower -- Sinocism 

More state capital for key areas; Prepping for Xi in San Francisco; More real estate support likely; PLA; Huawei AI chips; BRI -- Sinocism 

US Defense Chief Lloyd Austin Asks to Meet With China’s Still-Unnamed Counterpart -- Bloomberg

There’s a way for the U.S. to compete with China — and to work with China -- Washington Post 

Foreign Firms Pull Billions in Earnings Out of China -- WSJ 

Wang Xiangwei's Thought of the Day on China -- Substack: 

China Opens Corruption Probe Into Ex-ICBC Banker Zhang Hongli -- Bloomberg 

Inside a Brazen Scheme to Woo China: Gifts, Golf and a $4,254 Wine -- N.Y. Times 

Private schools rethink China future after flunking growth test -- Reuters 

Australian and Chinese leaders talk pandas and wine as ties improve despite disagreements -- AP

Here’s How the Pandas Are Getting From the National Zoo to China -- Washingtonian 

The hidden power of China’s pandas — and why the U.S. is losing them all -- Washington Post 

Surprise panda goodbye -- Axios

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